A median age of 38.5: Bonnières is younger than 86% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bonnières’s 82 households held 201 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 44% of households are headed by a retired person. Second homes make up 8%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Oise median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Bonnières
Growing fast
Bonnières had 155 residents at the 2012 census and 201 in 2023, up 30%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Bonnières’ residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 21% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bonnières’s population changed by +30% since 2012, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Oise town +2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, +19%.
Bonnières ranks below 58% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bonnières 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 54% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are couples with children, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households trails 98% of compared French towns: 5.6%. What’s more, on one-person households, Bonnières sits lower than 59% of compared French towns: 33%. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.5 people.
Bonnières: 8% of homes stand empty, above 64% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Households without a car account for 10%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,600 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €28,600 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Bonnières sits below 70% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (11%)
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Bonnières comes in at 11%. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.5%), Bonnières is below 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 85% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
In Bonnières, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 40%, a higher share than 80% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
By its share of adults with no qualification (17%), Bonnières is below 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 201 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Bonnières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnières | 38.5 | 21% | 8% | 1.4% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 7.5 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 8.6 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 9.4 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 11 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 11.2 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 13.8 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Bonnières
What is the population of Bonnières?
201 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% more than in 2012 (155).
How old are Bonnières’ residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonnières?
8, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonnières?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bonnières?
€28,600 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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